Go Team Kristin! We loves teachers like you. My son's 9th grade language teacher this year is having them memorize and recite various poems and recitations and doesn't have them write any papers, at all. She told them she doesn't like to read them.

ACK! NO PAPERS? WTF is WRONG with her? I don't like reading them either, but they kind of have to know how to write. Don't get me wrong--reciting and such is also great and has its place. But it doesn't replace teaching writing.

t thwaps Laura's son's 9th grade teacher

Go Team Bossy Control Freak Know It All!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you the fuh-reaky toy.

That's, like, a million times more traumatizing than goatse.

(sneaking in...)

vw, that's a beautiful quilt and your smile in that one pic? Also beautiful.

It's sarameg! tosses glitter

I also just placed an order for some physical therapy equipment I've been spacing on for weeks. I'm so happy to be so productive! And remembering stuff!

Damn. I am spaz girl. I've finished only one essay since my last post. Granted, it had many issues. Still. I'm all restless and ADD, and even my old friend caffeine doesn't seem to be helping much. Aaaarrrgghhhh!!!

Do you hear that Fezzik? That is the sound of ultimate suffering. My heart made that sound when the six-fingered man killed my father. The ADD teacher makes it now.

Wow. What a cool quilt!

I have to ignore Matilda's doll. I have to. Otherwise something very horrible happens. I'm not sure what it is, but it will.

Ack! VW, I told you last night, but I should have told you here too: I adore your quilt. You are truly talented.

And I really want to see ita take on that doll. Talk about a YouTube sensation.

Annie just dragged her kitty crack pad across the room then walked away. I wonder if she's plotting to stalk it.